Sltta oanadensis . 



Cambridge, Mass. Fresh Pond Grove. 

 1893. I found a small flock of Chickadees aiid with them a male 



Jan. 22. Red-bellied Nuthatch and a Brown Creeper. The Chiclvadees and 

 l^Iuthatch were bvisv picking the hemlock conns to piocos, sendin, 

 the scales float int^ do^rn to the snow beneath cvnd dotiblloss 

 eatin,,^ the seeds. Onl:^ one other Kuthatch of tliis species has 

 been seen jierea^botits this '.winter, alt hoi it^-']! they v:ere aV/.u- 

 dant last antia'j:;, th(2 fli^?;t dOimtloss having passed much 

 farther south (of. Shufeldt in Aulc for Jan. 1893). 



Mar. 17. In the densest part of the grove a Ttod-oellied Nuthatch 



appeared flitting from tree to tree. Me was a fiiie ual'3 a^id 

 evidently the same bird seen by me in this grove Jan. 22, and 

 by Hofftaan Feb. 11. He descended to the ground and rambled 

 about over a wide space pecking the fallen hemlock cones to 

 pieces for their seeds. He moved by a series of quick hops a 

 and quite as easily and gracefully as a Sparrow. The color- 

 ing of his under parts is much paler than it was v^hen I last 

 saw hiia in January. After returning to the trees he relieved 

 his feelings by indulging in the long, drawling whine peculiar 

 to the species. 



